The Grace Care Center has been open for seven months and I am still blown away each day by the people I meet.
We call the people who come to the Care Center-friends! So you know our friends, they live among us, work at places we visit and shop at the same stores we do. I would love for you to get to know the people who stand in line in the freezing cold as they wait to come into the care center. They are just like you and me. We all are just one step away from being in their shoes. You might think it will never happen to you, but please read their stories carefully-many of them hand one thing happen to them which sent them down the road of life they are on. One Step Away-you and I both, that's it. How would you want to be treated if you were in their place in line? Many people come in and ask if we can let them in early because its cold outside. I think it makes them feel like they are helping by asking. Can I suggest if that happens instead of walking by and asking if they can come in, stand with them and talk with them. They know its cold outside and they chose to come early to stand in line, what they didn't know that someone would care enough to stop and talk to them.
We are open 6:00-8:00 on Monday and Tues nights and 10-12 on Wed mornings. The line outside starts about an hour before we open. Come join us in line or maybe come serve them inside (shift starts 30 min before we open, sign-up online), WARNING-if you do just know your life will not be the same!!
So please come back to this site often and get to know our wonderful friends, they are your neighbors!!
(We will change their names to help continue to give them their dignity. The pictures used will also not be our friends.)
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